Nøgne Ø
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Nøgne Ø is an independent brewery, founded in 2002 by Gunnar Wiig and Kjetil Jikiun in Grimstad, Norway.
[edit] Brief details
Nøgne Ø was founded late in 2002 by Gunnar Wiig and Kjetil Jikiun. The brewery name, Nøgne Ø, is old Norwegian/Danish for "Naked Isle". It was selected from a well-known 19th century Norwegian poem called Terje Vigen by Henrik Ibsen, who worked for a time as an apprentice pharmacist in Grimstad.
[edit] The beer
The brewery does a range of beers, including an amber ale, which is a 6% abv semi-dark ale using Chinook hops, and a 4.5% abv bitter using East Kent Golding hops. All in all 32 varieties (January 2009)
Perhaps the most sought after beer from this brewery is called Dark Horizon 1st edition - Gold winner at World Beer Cup 2008 in San Diego,CA. Category: Other Strong Ales It is a Russian Imperial Stout with an abv of 16%. Nøgne Ø's Porter got silver i the category Robust Porter.
- #100 (Brew number 100, and jubilee-beer for the dissolution of union with Sweden in 1905)
- Amber Ale
- Bitter
- Blonde (an updated version of Kos på Groos)
- Brown Ale
- Brun
- Dobbel IPA
- Havre Stout
- Imperial Stout
- Imperial Brown Ale
- India Pale Ale
- Pale Ale
- Porter
- Saison
- Wit
- Dugges Sahti
In addition to the regular beers that are brewed all year, the brewery has several beers that are seasonal or brewed only one time:
- Dark Horizon 1st edition (launched 2007)
- Dark Horizon 2nd edition (launched 2008)
- Special Holiday Ale (2009)
- Julesnadder
- Winter Ale (God Jul)
- Julenatt (2004-2006)
- Peculiar Yule (Underlig Jul)
- God Påske
- Trippel (2003-2004)
- Weiss (2003)
- Beyond the Pale Ale (2006)
- Kos på Groos (2008)
- Le Vanilla Framboise Porter
- Sunturnbrew
- Tangerine Dream (2008)
- Tiger Tripel
- Tyttebær
- Ut På Tur (2008)
- Weiss (2003)
